Oh Boy

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Joohyun woke up with a headache after last night's party.

The girls ended up leaving after midnight and Joy even wanted to drink some wine as she felt she needed to wake up more, but Wendy dragged her out seeing that they're flatmates. Yeri still stayed with her parents, but said that she'd like to move in with one of her unnies once she graduates.

"Seulgi-yah, are awake?" Joohyun knocked on Seulgi's door only to find that her room was empty and her bed made up already.

She then went to the kitchen, seeing a note Seulgi left behind along with breakfast that she already made.

Unnie

I made pancakes and scrambled eggs so don't worry about breakfast. I also left earlier and will be home late — I'll order takeout for dinner!

Seulgi :)

Joohyun smiled and happily ate the breakfast before getting ready for work.

Once Joohyun arrived at the SBS studios, she was happy to see her boss at work again.

"Seora sunbaenim! Good to see you again. How are you feeling?"

"Ah annyeong Joohyun-ah! I feel much better, I just had the stomach bug but please don't tell the others. I don't want to be a laughing stock in the company." said Seora opening her work desk's top drawers.

"My lips are sealed." Joohyun said before sitting down by her desk.

"Okay, so because I was sick yesterday I trust my second in charge handled things well?"

"He did actually, but he got super nervous before they started filming until the studio director calmed him down." Joohyun tried stifling a laugh.

"Aigoo I thought Minhyuk was Mr Confident." Seora laughed as she handed over a folder to Joohyun.

"I need you to sort out these files from 2018 until now. I know it's very disheveled, but I trust that you will be able to do it within the next hour?" asked Seora with a pleading look.

"No problem sunbaenim!"

The day went by quickly and it was time for Joohyun to head home again. It was just after 5pm when Seora told Joohyun she can continue with other administration work tomorrow. Joohyun then grabbed her coat and handbag after clearing up her desk and started to walk out of the building.

Before she left, she spotted two younger guys talking to Mr Jeon who was head of the audio production. As she approached to where they were standing, they started walking towards Joohyun's direction.

She looked to the ground and bowed at the men passing her when she almost twisted her ankle taking a wrong step. She knocked into one of the younger guys and saw it was her neighbor from yesterday — The guy who paid her bus fare.

The guy she owed a meal to.

He helped her up , but she felt pain shoot up her ankle, indicating she's strained it.

"Ah! Apa, apa!" screamed Joohyun, and the younger guy whose name she suddenly remembered again, Taehyung, helped her up after knocking against him. They held hands as he brought her back up standing but the pain was too intense for Joohyun to stand up properly.

"Omo Joohyun-ah are you okay?" asked a concern looking Mr Jeon.

"N... No sir my ankle has twisted." said Joohyun still holding on to Taehyung.

"I'll put her in a taxi to go home — if you don't mind Miss."

Joohyun shook her head profusely and Taehyung greeted the dumbfounded younger guy along with his Mr Jeon as they walked off to the exit.

*****

"How's your ankle?" Taehyung asked Joohyun while the taxi drove to their apartment complex. He chose to accompany Joohyun seeing that she couldn't walk properly.

"I think it might be swollen." breathed Joohyun as she rested her head against the seat.

"Maybe we should go and see the doctor it could be bad." Taehyung said worryingly.

"No, I can't afford to see the doctor now — Not until I get paid. I'll just put on ointment and ice for the swelling to go down."

"I'll pay for the doctor don't worry about that." Taehyung said knowing he's got enough money for two months as he works on weekends as a freelance photographer.

"No please, I don't want to owe you anything — I already owe you a meal." Joohyun turned to face him. Taehyung stared at the woman whose hair was tied up again today,  and admired her soft facial features. Her big brown eyes reminded him of a bunny's and her red plumped lips had a permanent rosy shade to it, not to mention her cute straight nose.

"Uh, okay well... Let me at least help you doctor that ankle... If you want me to." trailed Taehyung looking away from her gaze.

"Oh... Okay that shouldn't be a problem." Joohyun uttered awkwardly.

The taxi arrived at the apartment and Taehyung helped a limping Joohyun whose pain increased. He then told her to climb on his back as it would be better. She agreed and held onto Taehyung's back while he piggybacked her to their floor.

Once they got inside, Joohyun motioned to the freezer where the ice pack was and too directed Taehyung to fetch the ointment from the bathroom cabinet.
After getting the supplies, along with a bandage, Taehyung sat down on the floor and rolled up Joohyun's jeans to examine the damage.

"Phew, it's swollen indeed. Don't worry, I had an injured ankle too after playing soccer with my high school friends. I couldn't walk for two days but once the swelling got down, I went back to the soccer field." Taehyung told Joohyun while rubbing ointment on her ankle. He looked up at Joohyun who looked at back at him in embarrassment before she asked him a question.

"Do you still play? Soccer I mean... "

"Yes, with my hyungs. I hope you can meet them all one day, they're all really nice."

He then started wrapping up her ankle and watched as her face pulled in a pained state.

"Don't worry after an hour or two, the swelling will decrease. I never got your name after yesterday, I heard Mr Jeon called you Joohyun?" said Taehyung not taking his eyes off the woman.

"Yes... It's Bae Joohyun — I'm Bae... Joohyun. Where's my manners I haven't introduced myself properly to you. I'm so sorry."

Taehyung smiled after Joohyun introduced herself and did the same.

"You don't have to apologize — I'm sure you were in a rush. I'm Kim Taehyung. It's nice to finally know your name. So how old are you — for formalities of course."

"I'm turning 28 soon. How about you?"

Taehyung was shocked at the woman's age. He thought she would be in his age group.

"I'm turning 24 in December, but that means you're a noona to me. I swear you don't look a day older than 22."

Joohyun laughed at Taehyung's revelation when the apartment door opened and in came the other flatmate with takeout food. The woman whom Taehyung assumed was Jimin's crush, got a fright at Taehyung sitting on the floor wrapping a bandage on Joohyun's ankle.

"Oh... I didn't know we had any visitors today." said the woman awkwardly, holding the bag of food.

"Uh no, he's actually helping me with my ankle — He stays next door." uttered a nervous Joohyun.

"Ne, I'm Taehyung." said Taehyung standing up after he finished wrapping up Joohyun's ankle.

"Soo, you're friends with the guy with the monolids?"

"Ne??" said Taehyung and Joohyun in unison surprised at Seulgi's question.